THE ZOOLOGIST 

No. 809.—November. 1908. 

EXPERIENCES WITH EAGLES AND VULTURES 
IN THE CARPATHIANS. 
By R. B. Lopce. 
(PuatE LV.) 
A most enjoyable visit to the Carpathians in September, 
1908, has enabled me to obtain some fine photographs of 
Golden Eagles, Griffons, and Ravens, and an account of my 
experiences with these birds may perhaps be of interest to 
readers of ‘The Zoologist.’ 
On Sept. Ist we rode up one of the highest peaks with a long 
string of pack-horses carrying tents and provisions for a fort- 
night’s stay, and after a day’s Trout-fishing in the beautiful 
lake, on the shores of which our tents were pitched, we looked 
about for a convenient spot where we could put into execution 
our plans, long contemplated, of making an attempt to photo- 
graph the Hagles and Vultures of these regions. We had even 
a faint hope, unfortunately not fulfilled, of attracting within the 
range of the camera the great Lammergeier (Gypaétus barbatus), 
which not so many years ago was to be found there. 
After some search we found, on the ridge very near the 
summit, a convenient crack or fissure in a big rock, which 
looked as if it could be converted into a good hiding-place with a 
little labour. Accordingly, a wall of rough stones was built up 
at one side and in the front, while a sloping roof of pine-boughs 
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